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Thoughts & Musings

Writing that is not a tutorial and not a case study - the arguments, the opinions, and the things worth saying out loud.

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  • A UH-1H Huey landing in a cloud of desert dust, photographed through the door frame of another helicopter

    09/10/2026

    Four Frames From the Door of a Huey

    Before video, 3D or AI, I was a crew chief on a UH-1H, allowed to bring my own camera on some flights. Four photographs from around the borders of Turkey and Iraq.

  • Stylized fine-art illustration of a vintage parking meter on a beach boardwalk overlooking ocean waves and dunes in warm coastal light

    08/27/2026

    The Beaches Put a Bounty on Parking

    Taggr's job ads offer parking agents an incentive for every violation they find. The drivers they catch are the customers these beach towns' businesses are open for.

  • Medical topical skin adhesive applicator vial standing beside an itemized hospital emergency room bill

    02/25/2018

    The $1,800 Bottle of Skin Glue

    My son fell and gashed his chin before T-ball practice. The bill that followed, and the letter I got back when I questioned it, say more about American emergency billing than any explainer could.